According to a statement from the PWSA, the man knocked on the door of the woman’s home on Butler Street in Lawrenceville between noon and 1 p.m. Wednesday.

The man was dressed in a blue jacket, blue jeans and was talking on a radio when he claimed to be a “water department worker.”

The man asked to enter the woman’s home to check the water pressure and threatened to have the water shut off if she declined, police said.

She then led him to the basement, where he told her to “count to six slowly” before leaving, police said.

The woman was not injured, and it was not immediately clear if the man took anything.

“We are very troubled by this report. I want to remind residents that all PWSA field personnel are in uniform and carry photo ID. All PWSA vehicles are marked with the letters P.W.S.A. and have blue and white municipal license plates,” PWSA interim executive director Jim Good said.

Residents who want to verify a worker with the PWSA can do so by calling the company’s 24/7 dispatch at 412-255-2429 or 412-255-2409.